I gave the opening ceremony a 7/10. Some obviously fantastic effects interspersed with some BBC TV crap. Crass commentary at times and Paul Mc Carthorse looked like a partially inflated blow-up doll (I looked them up on tinternet). Add in the deliberate pausing for accolades from Co. & Rogg Ltd. and it was all a bit naff - on TV. Being able to embrace the whole spectacle might have given a different perspective I'm sure.
The Arctic Monkeys were good, and Mr (has) Bean was just that.
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Edit: Weird that Beckham was driving the speedboat for the cameras...you'd have thought he would have a stunt double!
Also, Coe made a faux pas when he said something about "the next
two weeks being fantastic for the spirit of Olympians blah blah..." I thought it was an embracing spectacle that lasted at least four weeks - or is there a separate opening ceremony for the Paralympics?